The Secret Agent represented Brazil when it won Best Foreign Language Film at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards.
The film, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, is a Brazilian political thriller set during the military dictatorship era. Its Critics Choice victory placed Brazil at the center of the ceremony’s international-film category. The award recognized the film rather than a nationality attached to one individual performer.
The nominees represented several countries: Belén represented Argentina, It Was Just an Accident represented Iran, Left-Handed Girl represented Taiwan, No Other Choice represented South Korea, and Sirāt represented Spain. The category’s official wording was Best Foreign Language Film.
International awards categories can create confusion because a film’s language, production country, and submission country are not always identical. Here, the ceremony explicitly listed The Secret Agent with Brazil, making Brazil the canonical answer. The film also received recognition in the acting field through Wagner Moura’s nomination for Best Actor.